regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Substitution Workspace

Regular Expression

<((?!a|\/a)[^>]*)>\s*

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">
<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">
<meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\">
<meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15\">
<meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15\">
<style>
<!--
@font-face
\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"}
@font-face
\t{font-family:Calibri}
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
\t{margin:0cm;
\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;
\tfont-size:11.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
\t{color:#0563C1;
\ttext-decoration:underline}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
\t{color:#954F72;
\ttext-decoration:underline}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
\t{margin-right:0cm;
\tmargin-left:0cm;
\tfont-size:11.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
span.EmailStyle18
\t{font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
.MsoChpDefault
\t{font-size:10.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
@page WordSection1
\t{margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt}
div.WordSection1
\t{}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=\"EN-GB\" link=\"#0563C1\" vlink=\"#954F72\" style=\"\">
<div class=\"WordSection1\">
<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I NEED TO HAVE THIS STRING</p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> </p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">AND I NEED THE FOLLOWING ANCHOR
<a href=\"google.com\">
 THIS ONE</a>.</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Substitution

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">
<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">
<meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\">
<meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15\">
<meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15\">
<style>
<!--
@font-face
\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"}
@font-face
\t{font-family:Calibri}
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
\t{margin:0cm;
\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;
\tfont-size:11.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
\t{color:#0563C1;
\ttext-decoration:underline}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
\t{color:#954F72;
\ttext-decoration:underline}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
\t{margin-right:0cm;
\tmargin-left:0cm;
\tfont-size:11.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
span.EmailStyle18
\t{font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
.MsoChpDefault
\t{font-size:10.0pt;
\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif}
@page WordSection1
\t{margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt}
div.WordSection1
\t{}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=\"EN-GB\" link=\"#0563C1\" vlink=\"#954F72\" style=\"\">
<div class=\"WordSection1\">
<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I NEED TO HAVE THIS STRING</p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> </p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">AND I NEED THE FOLLOWING ANCHOR
<a href=\"google.com\">
 THIS ONE</a>.</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>